Donner Pass Train Poster Sunset Long before a network of

Long before a network of automobile highways crisscrossed the nation

The verdant valley

Baker Scenic Byway passes through gentle rolling farmland before winding along the North Fork Nooksack River

Accompanied by others

the dam is 660 feet thick narrowing to 45 feet at the top

Donner Pass Train Poster Sunset Long before a network ofDescription 14" x 22" poster Interpretive Copy Americas first transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869. The most difficult portion of the track to build was through the Sierra Nevada Mountains and over the 7,056 foot summit of Donner Pass. The 1,659 foot long Summit Tunnel, four additional tunnels, miles of snow sheds, and two Chinese Walls were also exceptionally challenging to build. Much of the same route carved out of the granite cliffs